Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 12 October 2021

 Welcome to Genealogy News and Education Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news and education items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    

1)  News Articles:

*  Update to Theory of Family Relativity™: 19 Million New Theories Added

*  RootsMagic 8 UK Now Available for Windows and Mac

*  National Genealogical Society Invites Nominations for its 2022 Awards & Competitions

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 2 to 8 October 2021

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 2 to 8 October 2021

*  Advantage Archives 1.2 Million Historical Newspaper Pages – September, 2021

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  FHF Really Useful Family History Show - November 12-13, 2021 (Virtual)

*  THE Genealogy Show: Winter Event - December 3-5, 2021 (Virtual)

*  NGS 2022 Family History Conference - May 24-28, 2022 (In-Person!)

4)  Genealogy Education - Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Family History Library Class Calendar - October 2021

*  MyHeritage Online Events for October

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 12 October, 11 a.m.:  Recent updates to MyHeritage's historical record search engine, by Mike Mansfield

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 13 October, 5 p.m.: Navigating Your Way Through FamilySearch, by Cyndi Ingle

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Context: A Powerful Tool for Problem Solving (a 2021 Reisinger Lecture), by Elizabeth Shown Mills

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:    Seven Immigration Methodologies, with Case Studies Across the Centuries (a 2021 Reisinger Lecture), by David S. Ouimette

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:    Investigate the Neighborhood to Advance Your Research (a 2021 Reisinger Lecture), by Melinda Henningfield

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:    What am I missing? Recognizing Research Holes in Available Sources (a 2021 Reisinger Lecture), by Pattie Lee Hobbs

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:    Using Mind Mapping as a Visual Research Plan (a 2021 Reisinger Lecture), by Amy Larner Giroux

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:   Private Land Claims—Complicated? Yes, but worth it! (a 2021 Reisinger Lecture), by Rick Sayre

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 170: Choosing a DNA Objective Using a Surname Search

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 149: Rediscovered Photos of an American Medium with Sharon Carmack

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #311r - Tracing Forward

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):

*  BYU Family History Library:  Crossing the Plains: Researching American Pioneers - James Tanner (06 October 2021)

*  Daniel's Genealogy:  Genealogy Live Interviews S4 E3 - Brian Nash (How We Got Here Genealogy)

*  DearMYRTLE:  CensusGenie - 6 Oct 2021

*  Family History Fanatics:   RootsMagic 8: Chat with the Creators About the New Release

*  Family History Fanatics: How to Find Parents of Illegitimate Children: Genealogy Research Tips

*  FamilySearch:  Demo: How To Record Audio to a Photo on FamilySearch

*  MyHeritage:  Join Our Live DNA Q&A With Diahan Southard!

*  RootsMagic:  Working with Files in RootsMagic 8

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree Livecast (9 October 2021) - Weekly recap + WikiTree Challenge update

7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 8 October 2021?

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